Listen to 1YA on April 29 and hear "NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 41, 24 April 1930, Page 5

Listen to 1YA on April 29 and hear "NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?"

A Rollicking 3-Act Comedy Presented by The Auckland Comedy Players S]I]|->

Tr comedy (by Montgomery) is built on broadly comic lines, and the situations are warranted to draw laughter from a misanthrope. Briefly, the story of the play deals with a wager made between the members of a stock-brokers’ firm that it is possible for one of the firm, Bob Bennett, to tell the truth, and nothing but th truth for 24 hours on end. The fact that Bob is engaged to his senior partner’s daughter adds ennormously to his difficulties, for ‘father’ finds himself under much suspicion with his family, and Bob resolutely declines to help him out, as he must tell the truth whatever happens, or lose his bet! Much of ‘the comedy arises from the attempts of the three other men, with whom he has wagered, to induce him to tell a lie. Eventually, when the 24 hours have elapsed, Bob heaves a sigh of relief and proceeds to lie once more with the utmost freedom in order to clear up a mass of difficulties which have been caused by his determination to tell the whole truth and win the wager. Several players new to 1YA will appear in this production, which should prove a striking success.